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Israeli soldiers unpack their tanks and APC's to load up to trucks, after returning from Gaza on the Gaza border, Israel, Feb. 29. Maya Levin for NPR hide caption

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A demonstrator holds a placard, after Stella Assange, wife of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, released a statement outside the Royal Courts of Justice, in London, Tuesday. Alberto Pezzali/AP hide caption

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A U.K. court delays extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S.

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men pray at a yeshiva in Bnei Brak, Israel, on March 21. The war in Gaza has prompted calls for Israel to end military exemptions for full-time religious students. Tamir Kalifa for NPR hide caption

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With war in Gaza, Israel faces new pressure to draft the ultra-Orthodox into service

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The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East, including the war in Gaza, at U.N. headquarters in New York on Monday. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Nadav Weiman, deputy director of Breaking the Silence, walks through the abandoned Palestinian village of Zanuta in the occupied West Bank on Feb. 19. Tamir Kalifa for NPR hide caption

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Israeli settlers step up attacks on Palestinian farms, expanding West Bank outposts

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Palestinian people with empty bowls wait for food at a donation point in Rafah. A report out this week shows widespread hunger and malnutrition in Gaza but stopped short of declaring it a "famine." Abed Rahim Khatib/Anadolu via Getty Images hide caption

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This picture taken from Israel's southern border with the Gaza Strip shows an Israeli army tank moving along the border with the Palestinian territory on March 20. Jack Guez/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Palestinians gather to collect aid food in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on February 26, 2024. Omar El Qattaa for NPR hide caption

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A Window Into Life in Northern Gaza

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, talks to Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry, during their meeting at Tahrir palace in Cairo, on Thursday. Amr Nabil/AP hide caption

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House Speaker Mike Johnson says he plans to invite Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images hide caption

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In this picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli military late last year, soldiers visit a tunnel that Hamas reportedly used to attack Israel through the Erez border crossing on October 7. The tunnels have been a focal point in Israel's war in Gaza, which has been going on for more than five months. JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Is Netanyahu's Endgame Achievable?

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A man carries a cardboard box of food aid provided by nonprofit organization World Central Kitchen in Rafah, in southern Gaza, on March 17, amid the conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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People in Gaza are starving to death. 5 things to know about efforts to feed them

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Palestinian children receive free food in Rafah, Gaza Strip, on Feb. 23. More than a million Palestinians displaced by the war have taken refuge in Rafah governorate, including an estimated 600,000 children. Fatima Shbair/AP hide caption

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President Biden sits with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the start of the Israeli war cabinet meeting, in Tel Aviv on Oct. 18, 2023. Miriam Alster/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Rahima Banu had the last recorded case of naturally occurring variola major smallpox, a deadly strain of the virus, in 1975. At left: Banu in her mother's arms as a small child. At right: Banu today, close to 50 years old, lives in a small village in Bangladesh with her husband, Rafiqul Islam, and their children. Michael Schwartz/CDC, Céline Gounder/KFF Health News hide caption

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